Atlantic Lottery chief says illegal operators divert $200 million annually
Atlantic Lottery Corporation president and CEO Dallas McCready said gambling sites operating illegally in the Atlantic provinces divert $200 million a year from the region. He welcomed Bodog’s reported decision to stop operating in Nova Scotia and pointed to a Manitoba court injunction sought by the Canadian Lottery Coalition; a hearing was scheduled for 5 March.
The claimed losses and coalition court action bear on provincial lotteries’ efforts to address illegal online gambling.